First of Two Van Allen Probes Spacecraft Ceases Operations
On July 19, 2019, at 1:27 p.m. EDT, mission operators sent a shutdown command to one of two Van Allen Probes spacecraft, known as spacecraft B, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied…
Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the star’s habitable zone.…
NASA Announces US Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology
Illustration of a human landing system and crew on the lunar surface with Earth near the horizon. Credits: NASA As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by…
Inside Dark, Polar Moon Craters, Water Not as Invincible as Expected, Scientists Argue
The Moon’s south pole region is home to some of the most extreme environments in the solar system: it’s unimaginably cold, massively cratered, and has areas that are either constantly…
NASA Announces Call for Next Phase of Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Commercial landers will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024. Credits: NASA NASA…